
2021 No. 1216 (W. 305)
Local Government, Wales
The City and County Borough of Newport (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2021
Made 1 November 2021
Coming into force in accordance with article 1(2) and (3)

The Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales has, in accordance with section 36(5) of the Local Government (Democracy) (Wales) Act 2013 (“the 2013 Act”), submitted to the Welsh Ministers a report dated August 2020 containing its recommendations for change and the details of its review of the electoral arrangements for the City and County Borough of Newport.
The Welsh Ministers have, after consideration of the matters referred to and set out in section 37(2)(a) and (c) of the 2013 Act, decided to give effect to those recommendations with modification.
In accordance with section 37(3) of the 2013 Act, more than 6 weeks have elapsed since those recommendations were submitted to the Welsh Ministers.

The Welsh Ministers make the following Order in exercise of their powers conferred by section 37(1) of the 2013 Act.
Title and commencement
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(1) The title of this Order is the City and County Borough of Newport (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2021.
(2) For any purpose set out in regulation 4(1) of the Regulations, this Order comes into force on the second day after the day on which it is made.
(3) For all other purposes, this Order comes into force on the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2022.
Interpretation
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In this Order—
 “electoral ward” (“ward etholiadol”) means any area for which members are elected to Newport City Council;
 “the Regulations” (“y Rheoliadau”) means the Local Government Area Changes Regulations 1976;
 any reference to a map means one of the 2 maps marked “Map of the City and County Borough of Newport (Electoral Arrangements) Order 2021” deposited in accordance with regulation 5 of the Regulations, labelled “1” and “2”, and a reference to a numbered map is a reference to the map that bears that number;
 where a boundary is shown on a map as running along a road, railway line, footway, watercourse or similar geographical feature, it is to be treated as running along the centre line of the feature;
 words and expressions used in this Order have the same meaning as they have in Part 3 of the  Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru etc. Act 2013, except so far as a contrary intention appears.
Electoral arrangements for the City and County Borough of Newport
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(1) The electoral wards of the City and County Borough of Newport, as they exist immediately before the ordinary day of election of councillors in 2022, are abolished.
(2) The City and County Borough of Newport is divided into 21 electoral wards each bearing the English language name listed in column 1 and the Welsh language name listed in column 2 of the Table in the Schedule to this Order.
(3) Each electoral ward comprises the areas specified in relation to that electoral ward in column 3 of the Table in the Schedule to this Order.
(4) The number of members of the council to be elected for each electoral ward is the number specified in column 4 of the Table in the Schedule to this Order.
(5) The provisions in this Order take precedence over any conflicting provision in any previous statutory instrument made under section 58(2) of the Local Government Act 1972.
The communities of Graig and Rogerstone: changes to community boundaries
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The part of the community of Graig shown hatched on Map 1 is transferred to the community of Rogerstone, and forms part of the West ward of the community of Rogerstone.
The community of Rogerstone: changes to electoral arrangements
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In the community of Rogerstone—
(a) the number of members to be elected for the East ward is 4;
(b) the number of members to be elected for the North ward is 4;
(c) the number of members to be elected for the West ward is 7.
The communities of Pillgwenlly and Stow Hill: changes to community boundaries
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The part of the community of Pillgwenlly shown hatched on Map 2 is transferred to the community of Stow Hill.
Rebecca Evans
Minister for Finance and Local Government, one of the Welsh Ministers
1 November 2021
SCHEDULE
NAMES AND AREAS OF ELECTORAL WARDS AND NUMBER OF MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL
Article 3


Table
Column (1) Column (2) Column (3) Column (4)
English language name of electoral ward Welsh language name of electoral ward Area of electoral ward Number of members of the council
Allt-yr-yn Allt-yr-ynn The community of Allt-yr-yn 3
Alway Alway The community of Alway 3
Beechwood Beechwood The community of Beechwood 3
Bettws Betws The community of Bettws 3
Bishton and Langstone Trefesgob a Langstone The communities of Bishton, Langstone, Llanvaches, and Penhow 2
Caerleon Caerllion The community of Caerleon 3
Gaer Gaer The community of Gaer 3
Graig Graig The community of Graig 2
Lliswerry Llyswyry The community of Lliswerry 4
Llanwern Llan-wern The communities of Goldcliff, Llanwern, Nash and Redwick 1
Malpas Malpas The community of Malpas 3
Pillgwenlly Pilgwenlli The community of Pillgwenlly 2
Ringland Ringland The community of Ringland 3
Rogerstone East Dwyrain Tŷ-du The East ward of the community of Rogerstone 1
Rogerstone North Gogledd Tŷ-du The North ward of the community of Rogerstone 1
Rogerstone West Gorllewin Tŷ-du The West ward of the community of Rogerstone 2
Shaftesbury Shaftesbury The community of Shaftesbury 2
St Julians Sain Silian The community of St Julians 3
Stow Hill Stow Hill The community of Stow Hill 2
Tredegar Park and Marshfield Parc Tredegar a Maerun The communities of Marshfield, Michaelstone-y-Fedw, Coedkernew, Wentlooge and Tredegar Park 3
Victoria Victoria The community of Victoria 2